Rocks Quotes - Page 33

• I am the architect of rock n' roll. I have to be a fan of all its forms.

  Little Richard

  Fans, Rock N Roll, Architect

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I look back on my life, comin' out of Macon, Georgia - I never thought I'd be a superstar, a living legend. I never heard of no rock and roll in my life.

  Little Richard

  Rock And Roll, Looks, Legends

  "When John Waters met Little Richard". Interview with John Waters, www.theguardian.com. November 27, 2010.

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• Rock 'n' roll offered me a platform to speak what I felt. It also offered me a platform to support my mama and my brothers and sisters - twelve children.

  Little Richard

  Sister, Brother, Children

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• But my everyday music is classic rock. It’s what I relate to the most and where my heart is.

  Nicole Richie

  Heart, Everyday, Classic

  "Nicole Richie Grows Up". "Interview Magazine" Interview, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 3, 2010.

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• The first time that I came to New York to work properly was the mid-'80s, but I was doing eight shows a week. You have no life. Going to a punk rock club - or whatever the music was at that time - would not have been on my agenda.

  Alan Rickman

  New York, Eight, Agendas

  "'CBGB' was never on Alan Rickman's 'Agenda' - now he's the boss"by Alex Zalben, www.mtv.com. October 11, 2013.

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• Over the holidays, and even during filming, I realized that I actually like my body, even if it's not perfect according to the book. I just feel sexy. For the first time, I don't want to get rid of the curves. I just want to tone it up. My body is comfortable, and it's not unhealthy, so I'm going to rock with it.

  Rihanna

  Sexy, Book, Holiday

  "Rihanna: Living Out Loud". Interview with Jonathan Van Meter, www.vogue.com. March 16, 2011.

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• Look at a stone cutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred-and-first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not the last blow that did it, but all that had gone before.

  Jacob August Riis

  Motivational, Inspiring, Leadership

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• Detroit: Cars and rock 'n' roll. Not a bad combo.

  Kid Rock

  Car, Detroit, Rock N Roll

  FaceBook post by Kid Rock from May 29, 2014

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• I didn't want to go out and change anything. I just wanted to make the music that was part of my background, which was rock and blues and hip-hop.

  Kid Rock

  Hip Hop, Want, Hips

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• Chris Rock is a good friend of mine, and he is hysterical.

  Kid Rock

  Good Friend, Hysterical, Mines

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• My take on rap is driven by straightforward American southern rock and blues.

  Kid Rock

  Rap, Southern, Driven

  FaceBook post by Kid Rock from Aug 05, 2013

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• Bringing people together is one of my favorite things... I believed that's what a rock 'n' roll Jesus would really do - bring people together through music.

  Kid Rock

  Jesus, People, Together

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• I see friends who are in different genres of music, and they say they're so burnt playing the same stuff every night. That's why you see a country act wanting to go out and play an old classic rock song. But what cracks me up is that they all want to be Jimmy Buffett. I can't figure that out.

  Kid Rock

  Country, Song, Night

  “Kid Rock: What I've Learned” by Tom Junod, www.esquire.com. April 20, 2011.

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• Make no mistake: Bob Ritchie's up early in the morning taking pictures of his son on the first day of his senior year. Kid Rock is passed out in a hotel room somewhere with four scantily-clad women.

  Kid Rock

  Senior, Morning, Mistake

  "Kid Rock: What I've Learned" by Tom Junod, www.esquire.com. April 20, 2011.

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• They believed you can't mix rock, country, and rap, and that crossover is dead. I always knew it would work. And it will always work as long as you're really into it and like what you're doing.

  Kid Rock

  Country, Rap, Long

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• You know, I guess there's enough information out there to support that I'm a crazy, wild dude and rock and roll and this, that and the other. And there's enough information to support that, you know, I'm a single father, that, you know, has been a pretty standup guy in his community and pretty private about that stuff. But it's on both sides.

  Kid Rock

  Father, Crazy, Rock And Roll

  "Piers Morgan Tonight", www.cnn.com. July 6, 2011.

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• I take cabs if I need to get somewhere or I take car service. I don't drive, I wouldn't mind riding a bike... People think that because you become an entertainer you gotta have this rock star thug image. I'm an artist, man. I'm going to live like an artist.

  ASAP Rocky

  Stars, Artist, Thug

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• There's a new hit rock group or singer every five minutes, but with country music, you have one hit and those people love you forever.

  Kenny Rogers

  Country, Love You, People

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• You stick your head above the crowd and attract attention and sometimes somebody will throw a rock at you. That's the territory. You buy the land, you get the Indians.

  David Lee Roth

  Land, Attention, Crowds

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• Rock n' roll was a kid when I was a kid.

  Salman Rushdie

  Kids, Rock N Roll

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• My dad took me to all the best rock and punk shows when I was growing up and music has always been a part of my life. So I'm very interested in the music scene and I suppose that's why I've ended up going out with musicians. Dave Pirner is still one of my best friends.

  Winona Ryder

  Growing Up, Dad, My Best Friend

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• In high school I wanted to be a rock star and was in a lot of bands.

  Adam Sandler

  Stars, School, Band

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• I know I'm not the kind of person who's gonna wind up a walking jukebox, like many rock 'n' roll artists. They just play their hits and that's it. That doesn't appeal to me.

  Carlos Santana

  Artist, Wind, Play

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• I'm always on the go. I love doing things until I hit rock bottom. Then I need my 12 hours of sleep, and I'm on the go again.

  Maria Sharapova

  Sleep, Always On The Go, Needs

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• When friends asked me, Can we help? I'd say, Not unless you can alter time, speed up the harvest or teleport me off this rock. I used that line from Star Wars.

  Charlie Sheen

  Stars, War, Lines

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